joewein.net   joewein.de LLC
fighting spam and scams on the Internet
Try our spam filter!
Free trial for 30 days
  jwSpamSpy

Home
About Us
Spam
419/Nigeria
Fraud
Contact

"419" Scam – Advance Fee / Fake Lottery Scam

The so-called "419" scam is a type of fraud dominated by criminals from Nigeria and other countries in Africa. Victims of the scam are promised a large amount of money, such as a lottery prize, inheritance, money sitting in some bank account, etc.

Victims never receive this non-existent fortune but are tricked into sending their money to the criminals, who remain anonymous. They hide their real identity and location by using fake names and fake postal addresses as well as communicating via anonymous free email accounts and mobile phones.

Keep in mind that scammers DO NOT use their real names when defrauding people.
The criminals either abuse names of real people or companies or invent names or addresses.
Any real people or companies mentioned below have NO CONNECTION to the scammers!

Read more about such scams here or in our 419 FAQ. Use the Scam-O-Matic to verify suspect emails.

Click here to report a problem with this page.

 

 

Some comments by the Scam-O-Matic about the following email:

Fraud email example:

From: FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA PLC <info_febank@ymail.com>
Reply-To: <rem_fedbank001@yahoo.com>
Date: Sat, 8 Aug 2009 06:56:08 +0100
Subject: RE: PAYMENT OF US$ 3.500,000 MILLION ACCUMULATED INTEREST.

FIDELITY BANK NIGERIA PLC
PLOT 115, BROAD STREET, LAGOS NIGERIA

FROM: THE DESK OF
DR MRS STELLA .OBI
Head of Credit / Telex Department,

RE: PAYMENT OF US$ 3.500,000 MILLION ACCUMULATED INTEREST

I am DR MRS STELLA .OBI, the Head of Credit/Telex Department of FIDELITY BANK NIG. PLC.
Sometime ago, your contract money was brought to our bank from our apex bank, CENTRAL BANK OF NIGERIA (C.B.N)
AND AFTER SOME PERIOD, THIS MONEY WAS TAKEN BACK to the Federal Government treasury. For the period of time
this money was in our bank, it generated an interest of US$ 3,500,000 Million, which we are about to pay to you.

For your information and advice, you need to hasten up to pick this money because from time to time the C.B.N auditors
do come to our bank to cross-check our files and our financial update, the earlier you comply with the demands of the
payment the faster the action, because when the auditors arrive and find out that this money is still our bank they will call back
the money to the Federal Government treasury. What we need from you now is any form of your identification for example,
your international passport or your drivers license, then your telephone and fax number for easy communication.

As a matter of fact we don’t have enough time to waste since we have wasted time in contacting our respective customers,
so try and comply with all the necessary requirement is for the payment. Contact me on: TEL:+2347-072-207-056 or via Email for
{ rem_fedbank001@yahoo.com }details on how this payment could be effected.

Expecting your immediately response.

Yours Sincerely,
DR MRS STELLA .OBI
Head of Credit / Telex Department,
Fidelity Bank Nig. Plc.

Anti-fraud resources: